PAN_ACT NYC festival underway (upcoming shows include Laurel Halo, Lee Gamble, Terrence Dixon, Bill Kouligas, more)
by Andrew Sacher
In June 2013, ISSUE Project Room and the Goethe-Institut New York present PAN_ACT, a multi-faceted series of performances, talks, and installations exploring parallel strategies in conceptual art, underground dance, and experimental music. Curated by ISSUE Project Room’s Lawrence Kumpf and Berlin-based designer and founder of the PAN label Bill Kouligas, PAN_ACT presents a diverse array of artists working in Berlin, London, Boston, and New York, drawn largely from the PAN roster. Sixteen events span multiple venues including ISSUE Project Room and the Goethe-Institut Wyoming Building, as well as collaborative presentations with MoMA PS1, The Bunker, Mutual Dreaming, Make Music New York, NPR Music, and Non-Event (Boston).
The PAN_ACT festival described above kicked off in NYC last Friday (6/14), and it’s continuing through Saturday, June 29. It’s already included a number of forward-thinking events throughout the week, and there’s even more coming up, including…
Tonight (6/21) at Issue Project Room (22 Boerum Place in Brooklyn), LA experimentalist Joseph Hammer, Athens producer Jar Moff (who worked on RVNG’s Harald Grosskopf – Re-Syntheist project), and German minimalist producer Thomas Brinkmann are teaming up to perform solo sets. Tickets are available.
Tonight (6/21) at K&K Super Buffet (341 St Nicholas Ave in Queens), The Bunker is throwing a late (11 PM – 6 AM) party with Downwards label head Regis, UK-based ambient artist Lee Gamble, art pop beatmaker Laurel Halo (live), veteran electronic musician Keith Fullerton Whitman (live), and PAN label head Bill Kouligas (live). Tickets for tonight’s show are available. Flyer below.
Saturday (6/22) at Issue Project Room, Resident Advisor is presenting a show with IPR’s 2013 artist-in-residence Ben Vida, London’s Helm, and composer Jefre Cantu-Ledesma performing with collaborator/filmmaker Paul Clipson. Tickets for that one are on sale.
Saturday (6/22) at 285 Kent, Resident Advisor and NYC party Mutual Dreaming are teaming up for a late show (10 PM – 4 AM) with live sets by Detroit techno vet/Juan Atkins associate Terrence Dixon and abstract hip hop collaboration Sensational & Koyxen, plus DJ sets by Berlin’s Call Super and DJ Richard. Tickets for that one are available. Show flyer below.
PAN_ACT also includes the first installment of this year’s Warm Up at MoMA PS1, which happens on June 29 with Juan Atkins, Lee Gamble, Heatsick, Koyxen, and Bill Kouligas. Tickets for that one are still available.
More info at Issue Project Room’s site. Full upcoming PAN_ACT schedule and flyers below…
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PAN_ACT — 2013 Schedule
Friday, June 21st
Eli Keszler Sound Installation & Performance
Archway under Manhattan Bridge
Commissioned by NPR Music
Free
*Presented in collaboration with Make Music New York
Friday, June 21st – 8pm
Joseph Hammer / Thomas Brinkmann / Jar Moff
ISSUE Project Room, 22 Boerum Place, Brooklyn 11222
$15 / $12 students + ISSUE members
Friday, June 21st – 10pm
PAN_ACT @ The Bunker
Regis / Lee Gamble / Laurel Halo / Keith Fullerton Whitman / Bill Kouligas
Ridgewood’s K&K Super Buffet
*Presented in collaboration with The Bunker
$15 advance / $20 door
Saturday, June 22nd
GOETHE TALKS:
1pm – Keith Fullerton Whitman & Rashad Becker
2pm – Joseph Hammer
3pm – Jutta Koether
5pm – Steve Warwick (Heatsick) & Alexander Provan (Triple Canopy)
6pm – Thomas Brinkmann
Goethe-Institut Wyoming Building, 5 East 3rd St, NYC 10003
Free
Saturday, June 22nd – 8pm
Resident Advisor Presents:
Ben Vida / Helm / Jefre Cantu-Ledesma & Paul Clipson
ISSUE Project Room, 22 Boerum Place, Brooklyn 11222
$15 / $12 students + ISSUE members
Saturday, June 22nd – 11pm
Resident Advisor Presents:
Terrence Dixon (Population One) / Sensational & Koyxen / DJ Richard / Call Super
285 Kent Avenue, Brooklyn 11249
$15
*Presented in collaboration with Mutual Dreaming
Wednesday, June 26th – 7pm
GOETHE TALKS: James Hoff / Mathew Dryhurst
Goethe-Institut Wyoming Building, 5 East 3rd St, NYC 10003
Free
Thursday, June 27th – 8pm
Jutta Koether / rESPetc2.rSonel (Wally Blanchard & Stefan Tcherepnin) / C Spencer Yeh / New Humans
ISSUE Project Room, 22 Boerum Place, Brooklyn 11222
$15 / $12 students + ISSUE members
Friday, June 28th – 8pm
Kevin Drumm / Rene Hell / Eli Keszler
ISSUE Project Room, 22 Boerum Place, Brooklyn 11222
$15 / $12 students + ISSUE members
Saturday, June 29th
PAN_ACT @ MoMA PS1 Warm Up:
Juan Atkins / Lee Gamble / Heatsick / NHK’Koyxen / Bill Kouligas
MoMA PS1, 22-25 Jackson Ave., Long Island City 11101
*Presented as part of MoMA PS1 Warm Up
